Hi all, I'm assisting on a project where we were asked to look into wind and seismic anchorage for an exterior storage tank at a facility.
While gathering the typical design criteria, I noticed the site location was in a flood plain, close to a coast.
I have never done flood loading on a...
If I have a braced bay column with girts attached to the exterior flange of the column, is it redundant to consider the wind loading caused by the girts and the bracing at the same time when looking at the strength of the column?
In my analysis, the column bending caused by the girt points...
